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This lunch bag is easy to make and durable. It makes great use of Kool-Jammer or Capri Sun pouches.
After the juice has been drank use an x-acto knife to slit the bottom of the juice pouch.
Clean the inside of each pouch with hot soapy water and let dry.
The Front and Back:
Take four juice pouches and sew them together 2 by 2.
Do the same with four more juice pouches, having two sets of four. These are the front and back of the bag.
Sew two juice pouches together, one above the other, two tall one wide.
Do the same to two more juice pouches, have two sets of two. These are the sides of the bag
For the bottom of the bag you will need to determine how long it will need to be by taking two juice pouches and laying them next to shorter side of the set of four juice pouches. Instead of having one juice pouch full size and having a small part of another showing for the bottom I layed them on top of each other and sewed down the middle of them both to make it the appropriate length. Then I cut off the extra bit, leaving approximately and 1/2", then sewed that end down flat.
The next step is to sew the bottom to one of the sets of four.
Once you have done that sew the other set of four to the other side.
Next sew one of the sets of two to the bottom, then the other.
Now sew all the ends together, the front to the sides and the back to the sides.
Add a piece of velcro to the top inside of the bag.
Fold over the top of the bag approximately an inch and a half, then place another piece of velcro under the fold.
Now your lunch bag is complete, everyone will be impressed by your creative recycling
By
04/23/2009
What kind of sewing machine needle do you use and what kind of thread? Did you use a zig zag stitch?
By Nicole (Guest Post)
04/15/2008
Some of your pictures show the lunchbag with a handle. How do you put on the handle?
Editor's Note: No handle in this project, it just folds over like a paper sack.
By Irais (Guest Post)
03/27/2008
Thank You for your great idea, very original, your pictures and instructions are great, you are very creative and a recycle queen.
Thank You for the inspiration.
By Hannah (Guest Post)
07/27/2007
In hindsight, I think it would have been easier to put the velcro on earlier on in the process when things were still more flat. Would have saved a lot of trouble. Has anyone else done that?
By
07/06/2007
I've mixed art with thriftiness to create some new designs for lunch bags. See photos.
By Tracey (Guest Post)
05/07/2007
I guess I did not make myself clear. What I need to know is - the hole where the straw goes - do you leave the hole punched out or can you seal in some way so that liquids do not enter into the bag from the outside. Thanks.
Editor's Note: Before you start sewing them together you could stitch or glue near the holes so water cannot get in there. In any case, I doubt that much water could get in there unless you submerged the finish bag in water.
By tracey (Guest Post)
05/04/2007
I can't wait to make one of these, too cute. What are you doing to cover the little punched straw holes, after drinking the juice? Are people cutting the bottoms out of the juice and not drinking from them? I want to recycle the used ones my kids love drinking from. Any suggestions that will stay when bag gets wet? I thought about cutting the bag down past the straw hole but it would not look as nice. Thanks
Editor's note: Once the pouches are empty (yes use the ones that the kids have emptied) use an x-acto knife to slit the bottom of the juice pouch. Clean the inside of each pouch with hot soapy water and let dry.
By
01/22/2006
This is the neatest idea!
Thank you!
and Thank you for such good illustrations.
I need pictures to be able to do projects like this
and this is perfect!
By
12/20/2005
Excellent project. Maybe you should submit it to Carol Duvall for her craft show on HGTV cable.
By
09/12/2005
Stella this is so cool, even better than a purse. You are so creative and the instructions and pictures are really good. suzen
I have sewn the lunch box together, but am having trouble sewing the front to the sides (especially the corner at the bottom). Is there a trick?
By Brenda from Owen Sound, Canada
By thriftyvicki
10/19/2011
On any corner when you sew, the easiest and neatest way to sew it is one side @ a time, especially if you are sewing something thick, or difficult to work with. Lift up, cut the thread and then re-engage to start the other side, then sew down it. In other words, don't sew down the side, keep going around the corner and then up the other side. Don't worry that there is going to be a gap right at the exact place where the corner meets, there won't be much of one, if at all. Or if you do worry about that, once you have sewn each side separately, then go to the corner and sew it a bit (in one movement, but just a small area. a/k/a as re-enforcing) Hope that is clear to you :).
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